LAUREA KERAVA TOURISM STUDENTS PRESENT: “BRAZILIAN ACTION” AUTHORS: LINDA RUUTIKAINEN, VIORICA BUCUR, WEN DI, MARI HEIKKALA DEGREE PROGRAMME IN TOURISM,

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Pollution in Latin America

Advertisements

Humans and the Environment

Solomon Islands 2006 exam Part 4. Biodiversity (a) 4500 Species of plant (not all identified yet. 30 unique to SI 163 species birds (44 unique to SI)

International Initiative

Mitigation Strategies What and Why?. What is mitigation? To decrease force or intensity. To lower risk. Earthquake mitigation Flood mitigation Climate.

Latin America’s Environmental Concerns Unit 7 Notes.

Environmental Issues in Latin America SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America a. Explain the major environmental concerns.

The Environmental Debate The Environment and Politics 1. Since the 1970s, there has been a debate over the state of the environment and the role of government.

LATIN AMERICA AND GLOBAL GHG EMISSIONS. (c) WWF-Canon / Juan PRATGINESTOS TROPICAL DEFORESTATION.

Sustainability Hyperlink to Introduction to Sustainability Video.

Climate Change Policy of Brazil. Introduction Brazil has: –6% of world’s surface –27% of world’s population –1.3% growth rate –5.5 million square kilometers.

ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

CLIMATE CHANGE. What means “climate change”? Climate changes are changes in the climate of the earth. The earth had suffered it many but especially this.

PROTECT THE EARTH - OUR HOME Project created by: Angelika Sylwia Ciszyńska, Kinga Zalewska, Martyna Pawlukiewicz,, Daniel Kulfan, Karol Tomasz Jelski.

Latin America: Population. How does a growing population affect the world? Jobs Education Environment.

Tropical Rain Forests Opportunties and Problems associated with their development Nekaisha Legerton.

Brazil’s Strategy of International Cooperation in Bioenergy Ambassador André Amado MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS Subsecretary-General of Energy and High.

Religion and the Environment Revision

Can you name the environmental problems described by the pictures? Key vocabulary 1 of 2.

Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Importance and Uses of Agricultural Statistics Section A 1.

Chapter 4 International Social and Cultural Cooperation International Cooperation in Environmental Conservation Sub-Theme 2 The Quest for Cooperation.

Energy Systems and How Bioenergy Fits into the Main Energy System Prof. Roberto Schaeffer PPE/COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Workshop.

UDA: Global Warming.

Global Warming Merete Stene. Global Warming 101 Is human activity to blame for global warming or not?

Jeopardy: Whose Responsibility is it?. FederalProvincialMunicipal

Sustainable development Economic development/activities must not take place - at the expense of our natural environment - at the expense of other people(s)

It IS Easy Being Green Industry Trends Breakfast Cape Cod Hospitality Marketing Association March 22, 2012.

More on: LIGHT RECICLA: Gathering people from favelas in an effort for paying bills and helping the Planet Main.

STARTING POINTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY HARI SRINIVAS ROOM: I-312 / International Environmental Policy.

Creation care “The earth is the LORD’s and everything in it.” (Psalm 24: 1)

Brazil Half of South America’s population and land lie in Brazil

Siranush Asatryan BIOMASS. What is biomass? Biomass is all plant and animal matter on the Earth's surface. Biomass is anything that is alive. It is also.

Natural Resources- Sustainable development Class 8-Geography.

Global warming E10-2 Hiroaki E10-2 Hiroaki. About Global warming Climate change is the single biggest environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time.

DEFROESTATION IN THE AMAZON

The responses to climate change at a local and global scale.

Forestry, Agriculture & Climate Change Modeling to Support Policy Analyses William Hohenstein Director, Climate Change Program Office, USDA September 27,

Modern Technologies and the environment.. Nowadays people are getting more and more concerned about changes in the modern world. Innovations make them.

Deforestation in the Amazon. Forests in the Amazon Basin are cut illegally. This alarmed the authorities in Brazil. For the last seven months in the area.

Deforestation and Slash and Burn Agriculture. Definitions and Introduction -Slash and Burn Agriculture *Slashing and burning of forest vegetation to inject.

Latin America’s Environmental Concerns Unit 7 Notes.

PRESENTED BY (YOUR NAME AND GROUP #). What is Global Warming? Increase in Earth’s average temperature.

Human- Environment Interaction Unit 3. Desertification  A type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically.

6 th Grade Social Studies Unit 5, Lesson 5: Energy and Climate Change 1.

FOSSIL FUELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE By: Talmage Rollins.

Cooperation between Argentina and Brazil on Nuclear Energy Reactor Technology Argentina =Natural Uranium + Heavy Water Argentina =Natural Uranium + Heavy.

GLOBAL WARMING. What’s that? The Earth is becoming hotter.

1.Tropical rain forest – Hot and wet climate found near equator. 2.Tropical savanna – Hot climate near equator with wet and dry season. 3.Escarpment –

Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Changing Behaviour at Guide Dogs

SOCI 220 DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT

L.O: explain the usefulness of recycling and sustainability of metals

environmental issues· making an impact

Three Main Issues: Destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest

The Environmental issues

Latin America’s Environmental Concerns

Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies Lecture #1

Environmental Issues in Latin America

Latin America’s Environmental Concerns

BIOL 104 The Environment, Society, and Conservation

Latin America’s Environmental Concerns

Chapter 12 Section 1.

Destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest

Environmental Choices

14.1 International Cooperation

Greenhouse Effect How we stay warm.

Impacts of deforestation

Ekaterina Bezpalaya 9V Form “Petru Movila” Lyceum Chisinau, Moldova

The Environment.

Presentation transcript:

LAUREA KERAVA TOURISM STUDENTS PRESENT: “BRAZILIAN ACTION” AUTHORS: LINDA RUUTIKAINEN, VIORICA BUCUR, WEN DI, MARI HEIKKALA DEGREE PROGRAMME IN TOURISM, LAUREA KERAVA

BRAZIL & AMAZON – THE LUNGS OF THE EARTH

THE RAINFORESTS OF BRAZIL MAGICAL AMAZON

FLORA & FAUNA OF AMAZON

BUT WE HUMANS ARE RUINING IT….

BURNING THE FORESTS….

DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BLAMED FOR THE CRIPPLING OF THE AMAZON AREA

OVERCUTTING AND DEFORESTATION HAVE AN IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE: FLOODING

BRAZIL HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM THE WORST FLOODINGS OF THE CENTURY, CRIPPLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND LEAVING THEM HOMELESS.

MUDFLOODS HAVE BEEN BURYING VAST AREAS NEAR RIO DE JANEIRO

RESCUE WORKERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME…

…BUT THE NATURE IS SHOWING ITS POWER…

The mass message reflects "our concern about global warming, whose impact we will be the first to feel, although we, the peoples of the Amazon, have protected and cared for the forests" Photos courtesy of AFP/Getty, Reuters, Stephen Ferry / Liaison / Getty Images, and Corbis; Original Source: The Telegraph and IPS

SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE EFFECTS – PROTECTED AREAS

THE GOVERNMENTAL CONCERN AND ACTIONS

THE BRAZILIAN ETHANOL PROGRAMME Finding alternative choices for traditional gasoline= Bio-fuel made from sugarcanes

The PROCEL ( electrical energy conservation program) ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SAVE ENERGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

PROINFA – INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO FIND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS

GARBAGE HANDLING AND RECYCLING FAVELAS – THE DISTRICTS FOR POOR PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE MOST OF THE GARBAGE

COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT

Individual involvement

DIFFERENT MEANS OF RECYCLING

ORGANIZATORIAL & COMMUNAL LEVEL ACTIONS RECYCLING GARBAGE IN RIO DE JANEIRO

AS A RESULT OF A NEW RECYCLING POLICY, BRAZIL IS NOWADAYS THE BIGGEST ALUMINIUM RECYCLER.

THE NEW GARBAGE COLLECTION PROGRAM LEAVES THE SEPARATION OF GARBAGES TO SUB-CONTRACTORS, CREATING MUCH NEEDED WORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BRAZIL- NÚCLEO AMIGOS DA TERRA Núcleo Amigos da Terra - Brasil was founded in 1964 as a women's organization with a strong democratic mission. They campaign over sustainability, concentrating in consumption, garbage and recycling matters.

BRAZIL IS TAKING ACTION- ARE YOU ???